Kraklingbo

Kraklingbo
Kraklingbo
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Gotland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gotland
Municipality  :	Gotland
Coordinates :	57 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 43'  E
SCB code :	S2453
Status:	Småort
Residents :	67 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	0.41 km²
Population density :	163 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	0498
Postal code :	623 70

Kräklingbo is a småort on the Swedish island of Gotland . The place is 33 km southeast of Visby , 17 km southeast of Roma , 30 km south of Slite and 12 km north of Ljugarn . The church of Kräklingbo is in the village .

history

The name was Kreclingabo in the 14th century . It was the name of a farm. The first part contains inge for residents and probably kräkla for dry twig ( Swedish torr gren ) or ( Swedish krok ) for bend. The ending bo stands for hamlet ( Swedish bygd ).

Kräklingbo is in the eastern interior of Gotland. The area of ​​the parish consists of agricultural land in the vicinity of the village, surrounded by woodland. The place Kräklingbo has 80 inhabitants and 35 hectares, the parish has 193 inhabitants and 46.02 km² area, of which 45.9 km² are land.

Farm names in the parish are: Ekeskogs, Foler, Gurpe, Hagrume, Haideby, Histilles, Kräklings, Kärrmans, Lambskvie, Lilla Hammars, Nygårds, Prästbacken, Prästgården, Rågåkre, Skåne, Smiss, Stenstugu, Stora Hammvars, Sutarve, , Vidfalls, Österby.

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  Kräklingbo Church

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  Torsburg

Archaeological sites

In the parish there are Sliprannor in rocky ground and in blocks. There is a living space and a hällkista from the Stone Age . There are many roasts from the Bronze Age . From the Iron Age, there are 37 grave fields with around 100 graves and 17 kilometers of stone paths ( Swedish stensträng ) and three prehistoric hill castles, of which the Torsburg is the best known.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)
2. ↑ Mats Wahlberg: ortnamnslexikon Svenskt. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} National Cyclopedin
4. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Sjögren: Sverige geografisk beskrivning del 2 Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1931.
5. ↑ Kräklingbo socks. (No longer available online.) In: Svensk uppslagsbok. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014 ; Retrieved March 24, 2013 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Befolkning i Gotlands socknar. In: gotland.net. Retrieved March 23, 2013 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Förteckning över slipskåror. In: stavgard.com/stavar. Retrieved March 23, 2013 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ Go, Kraklingbo socks. State Historical Museum (Sweden) , accessed March 24, 2013 (Swedish). 
9. ↑ Tofta socks. In: Fornminnesregistret. Riksantikvarieämbetet , accessed March 24, 2013 (Swedish). 

Web links

• Kraklingbo socks. In: Nationella Arkivdatabasen / Reichsarchiv . Retrieved March 24, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Kraklingbo socks. In: Digitalt Museum / Nordic Museum . Retrieved March 24, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Kräklingbo socks: Gotlands norra härad: Gotlands län. In: Ortnamnregistret. Retrieved March 24, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Kräklingbo socks in the Swedish Wikipedia